Alan Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3625156 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alan Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alan |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Milperra College of Advanced Education |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Trouser Parts
"Trouser Parts," in opera, refer to ostensibly male characters sung by a female singer. Often such choices are more than a mere convention: they cast light on difficulties of gender identification in adolescence. Drawing on Jessica Benjamin's theoretical work, the essay examines operas by Mozart, Strauss, and Offenbach
Almost a Girl
Gender criticism, Alan Williamson argues, has for too long been shaped and limited by the same dualisms that have defined male versus female literary voices in Western culture. Certain emotions expressed in literature are considered feminine, certain emotions are typed as masculine, and there is little room in critical studies for the male writer who shares in feminine experience or who finds himself on the wrong ideological side of those firmly …
Decolonizing historiography of colonial education
Historical accounts of colonial education have tended to focus on its role in inducting the colonized into the colonial order from the vantage point of the West. They have largely ignored those elements in the colonial context which became evident in shaping schooling's practices and outcomes when a revisionist historiography of culture contact is adopted. This article reports recent research into the colonial education of Australia's indigenous …
Misplaced hopes or misplaced meanings? A rejoinder to Martin Nakata
You're never too old to learn!’
This article builds on the author's previous work on the Learning Society as a prescription for change in educational thinking about ways to best meet the massive social, demographic, economic and technological changes which are upon us in the late 20th century. The demographics of an ageing society have posed new educational challenges which, the article argues, can be met best through bringing Third‐Age perspectives to bear on lifelong learning…
Torres strait islanders and Australian nationhood
Breaking Down the Myths of Colonial Schooling
(1991). Breaking Down the Myths of Colonial Schooling: the case of the Torres Strait Islands in Northern Australia. Comparative Education: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 297-309
Pressure Group Theory and the Politics of Educational Decision-Making in Two Australian States
(1981). Pressure Group Theory and the Politics of Educational Decision-Making in Two Australian States. Political Science: Vol. 33, New Zealand Political Sociology: Extremism, Education and Political Change, pp. 140-150
Pity the Monsters
Williamson examines Robert Lowell's poetic expression of his discontent with American civilization
You're never too old to learn!’
This article builds on the author's previous work on the Learning Society as a prescription for change in educational thinking about ways to best meet the massive social, demographic, economic and technological changes which are upon us in the late 20th century. The demographics of an ageing society have posed new educational challenges which, the article argues, can be met best through bringing Third‐Age perspectives to bear on lifelong learning…
Torres strait islanders and Australian nationhood
Pressure Group Theory and the Politics of Educational Decision-Making in Two Australian States
(1981). Pressure Group Theory and the Politics of Educational Decision-Making in Two Australian States. Political Science: Vol. 33, New Zealand Political Sociology: Extremism, Education and Political Change, pp. 140-150
Pity the Monsters
Williamson examines Robert Lowell's poetic expression of his discontent with American civilization
Pressure Group Theory and the Politics of Educational Decision-Making in Two Australian States
(1981). Pressure Group Theory and the Politics of Educational Decision-Making in Two Australian States. Political Science: Vol. 33, New Zealand Political Sociology: Extremism, Education and Political Change, pp. 140-150
Breaking Down the Myths of Colonial Schooling
(1991). Breaking Down the Myths of Colonial Schooling: the case of the Torres Strait Islands in Northern Australia. Comparative Education: Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 297-309
Torres strait islanders and Australian nationhood
Decolonizing historiography of colonial education
Historical accounts of colonial education have tended to focus on its role in inducting the colonized into the colonial order from the vantage point of the West. They have largely ignored those elements in the colonial context which became evident in shaping schooling's practices and outcomes when a revisionist historiography of culture contact is adopted. This article reports recent research into the colonial education of Australia's indigenous …
Misplaced hopes or misplaced meanings? A rejoinder to Martin Nakata
You're never too old to learn!’
This article builds on the author's previous work on the Learning Society as a prescription for change in educational thinking about ways to best meet the massive social, demographic, economic and technological changes which are upon us in the late 20th century. The demographics of an ageing society have posed new educational challenges which, the article argues, can be met best through bringing Third‐Age perspectives to bear on lifelong learning…
Almost a Girl
Gender criticism, Alan Williamson argues, has for too long been shaped and limited by the same dualisms that have defined male versus female literary voices in Western culture. Certain emotions expressed in literature are considered feminine, certain emotions are typed as masculine, and there is little room in critical studies for the male writer who shares in feminine experience or who finds himself on the wrong ideological side of those firmly …
Trouser Parts
"Trouser Parts," in opera, refer to ostensibly male characters sung by a female singer. Often such choices are more than a mere convention: they cast light on difficulties of gender identification in adolescence. Drawing on Jessica Benjamin's theoretical work, the essay examines operas by Mozart, Strauss, and Offenbach
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